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Updates and insights into Simon Dillon's novelsThu, 17 May 2018 15:06:12 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Film Review – Deadpool by Film Review – Deadpool 2 | Simon Dillon Bookshttps://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/film-review-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-1027
Thu, 17 May 2018 15:06:12 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1750#comment-1027[…] I didn’t like the first Deadpool. I hadn’t read the comics, and quite honestly found Ryan Reynold’s merc-with-a-mouth exceedingly tiresome. Apparently that is the point, I am told by lovers of the comics. Well, each to their own. I didn’t expect much from this sequel, but Deadpool 2 is a moderate improvement over part one. It has a bigger budget, better plot, more exciting villain (in the form of Josh Brolin’s Terminator-esque Cable) and the annoying spoofy meta-textuality isn’t laid on with quite the same irksomeness as in the first instalment. Also, there’s also only one penis joke. Unlike those in the first film, it’s quite a funny one. […]
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Fri, 04 May 2018 05:52:59 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-1018You can notice in Star Wars that there is very little technological advancement. The technology is almost the same even if you go back thousands of years in that universe.
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Tue, 01 May 2018 19:06:18 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=3844#comment-1016Hahaha, yeah Doctor Who is particularly bad at that kind of thing I find (Doctor always ends up facing seemingly insurmountable odds before coming up with an idea to solve it all in the last 10 mins). In this case I trust there are more surprises to come in how they get those characters back – hopefully it doesn’t just involve “let’s turn back time and simply reverse everything that’s happened”.
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Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:07:05 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=3844#comment-1015I see your point, but I still prefer my ending, or an ending with genuinely irreversible consequences (the death of one major character for instance). I’m not saying it doesn’t work as a cliffhanger, but after a while it all got a bit “The Pandorica Opens” (remember that Doctor Who episode where the Universe was literally destroyed?).
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Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:32:54 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=3844#comment-1014I must say I think this film is being slightly underrated – something I didn’t think I’d be saying. It’s a great achievement, to fit all of these characters in and deliver an entertaining, well-paced film at the same time. It doesn’t need to work as a ‘standalone’ (though I’d argue it does, to some extent, from the villain’s perspective)… I don’t know why anyone would choose to watch this having not seen at least some of what’s come before.
I agree that Thanos is the film’s primary strength – his character arc is surprising yet necessary while everyone else has already had their time to shine in individual films – but disagree about the ending, which I found satisfyingly hopeless & powerful. Your issue with it I think has more to do with the studio’s need to make sure audiences stay hyped for upcoming sequels rather than how the film itself handles it. Personally, if I was a kid, watching this movie without necessarily knowing the characters were guaranteed to return – which we shouldn’t know, ideally – the ending would have hit me hard. There’s something you get from seeing your favourite characters literally disintegrating before your eyes that you’d otherwise miss out on with a simple ‘click of the fingers’. Plus I very much enjoyed the final shot of Thanos sitting down to enjoy the sunset; his mission achieved.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:43:57 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=1#comment-1011You’re most welcome. Thank you.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:07:01 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?page_id=1#comment-1010Thank you, Simon, for your insightful, synthetic Star Wars essay. I feel closer to the idea of a community created through comprehension of such disparate characters and places. You have placed the storytellers over the millenia in the context of current, daunting complexities. Thank you.
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Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:10:03 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=881#comment-1003la film
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Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:52:04 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=3819#comment-1002Some people love to make sure that everyone knows how much they know about *stuff*. It’s rather obnoxious and somewhat ubiquitous amongst the forum-lurking nerds of the internet.
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Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:33:35 +0000http://simondillonbooks.wordpress.com/?p=3819#comment-1001Exactly. Facts are certainly not boring. That is absolutely not what I am saying in this article (indeed I believe the exact opposite). What I am arguing against is the futility of needless nit picking when critiquing a film.
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